A Study of Human Nature Although his characters are often mere types, Moliere’s plays investigate human nature. Are people by nature good and noble or greedy, small minded, and brutal?

Although his characters are often mere types, Moliere’s plays investigate human nature.

Are people by nature good and noble or greedy, small minded, and brutal?

Absolutist Theater Louis 14 fixes everything. Perhaps Moliere is suggesting that human nature is so corrupt that it needs a strong power– like an absolute monarch– to keep it in check. (Hobbes) Or maybe he is just showing Louis what he wants to see.

Louis 14 fixes everything.

Perhaps Moliere is suggesting that human nature is so corrupt that it needs a strong power– like an absolute monarch– to keep it in check. (Hobbes)